Soul on Board is the debut solo studio album by the English singer Curt Smith, released on 6 September 1993 by Vertigo and Phonogram Records.
The album was Smith's first musical venture after leaving pop rock band Tears for Fears in 1991. The lead single, "Calling Out", made a brief appearance at No.78 in the UK Charts on 14th August 1993. However, the album was ultimately unsuccessful and failed to chart in the UK. A second single, "Words", also failed to chart. Subsequently, the album was never released at all in the US, although advance promotional cassettes were distributed in the US in very limited quantities, indicating that a US release of the album was originally planned.
Smith later stated that he despises the album and alleges that he made it purely to fulfil his recording contract with Phonogram and Mercury Records.
Critical reception
The Gazette wrote that "Smith's album is just as studio-professional and wallpaper-forgettable as whatever his fellow former TFF pop snob Roland Orzabal put out."
Track listing
Personnel Adapted from AllMusic. Curt Smith – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars, bass Jeff Bova – keyboards Kim Bullard – keyboards Kevin Deane – keyboards Billy Livsey – keyboards, backing vocals P.J. Moore – keyboards Martin Page – keyboards, bass, backing vocals Neil Taylor – guitars, backing vocals Colin Woore – guitars Alan Kamaii – bass Jimmy Copley – drums Steve Ferrone – drums Paulinho da Costa – percussion Carole Steele – percussion Barry Finclair – strings Charles McCraken – strings David Nadien – strings Richard Sortomme – strings Peter Cox – backing vocals Lynn Davis – backing vocals Diosa – backing vocals Siedah Garrett – backing vocals Franne Golde – backing vocals Toi Marcell – backing vocals Jean McClain – backing vocals Taz I.E. No Fisk (Ketrina Askew) – rap (9)
Production Bob Kranes – A&R Curt Smith – producer Martin Page – producer (1, 6, 9), engineer (1, 6, 9) Kevin Deane – producer (2, 3, 5) Chris Kimsey – producer (4, 8, 10), engineer (4, 8, 10) Jeff Lorenzen – engineer (1, 6, 9) Ed Thacker – engineer (1, 6, 9) Paul Logus – engineer (2, 3, 5) Jeff Graham – engineer (4, 7, 8, 10) Mick Guzauski – engineer (4, 7, 8, 10), additional recording (4, 7, 8, 10), mixing Richard McKernan – engineer (4, 7, 8, 10) Paul Orofino – engineer (7) Scott Hull – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY) Michael Bays – art direction, design Étsuko Iseki – art direction, design Frank Ockenfels – photography
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